End-gate.



H. L. BISBING.

BND GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNI) 4, 1913.

1,1 1 0,740. Patented sept. 15, 1914.

THE NORRIS PErERS Co.. FHoTcL/THO.. WASHINGTON, D c.

" T vriraD srATEfSrA-'TENT f `l 'vof construction as hereinafterfshown and de- HARRY VL. eiserne, or CLERMONT, iowa. ff C v END-earn. L

r Specification of Letters Paterna'r i.

"ratentedsepa 1.5.1914.

applicati@ meeuw@ 4. 1913. "serial No. A771.6555 i T-ellifivhomtt may concern."

4Be 1t known that I, HARRYL." Eiserne,

citizen ofthe United States,` residing at` Gler'montyin." thecounty of Fayette and Stater of owayhave invented certain new" vide a'simply constructeddevice whichlmay be readily adapted toV wagon? Vbodiesffdifferent sizes without material' structuralV change either inV the wagon body or inthe attachment. my j Vith these and other'objects inA view the invention consists vincertain novel features scribed" and 4kthen yspecifically pointed out in the "claims, and in ythe drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the in-v vention. f 'f .v

Figurel is ane'l'evation of the rear end of a wagon body including the end gate with the improvement-applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same."y Fig. 3 is a perspective view. from the'rear of the casing which supports the rotative strainapplyingy member.

'p Fig. Ll is a perspective viewffrom the front '.40

which supports thelrotative oft-he casing Fig. 5 is: a de- .strain vapplying member.`

tached perspective. view of the rotative strain..

" f the aperture 29. `The rod `18thus operates applying member.

` Corresponding and like parts areireferred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

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with spaced cleats 13 terminals of the end gate 14; are slidably,

The improved device` maybe applied `to i end gates of different sizes, and in the draw' i y ings the side members of the body are represented conventionally at 10-11 and the loo-tfy The sides 10-*11 are provided each other i between `which the f v engaged, these parts being of the'usual con-l struction.

i y y "The endfgate 14' is provided with cleats "15,*'preferably of metal L bars, with one web'ibearing upon theend gate and se-` cured injposition by screws or other fastenl`ing"`devices` 16 and with lthe kother Vweb eX- 1 tending rearwardly and `at right p p anglesto therear face of theend gate.

The out# i y standing webs of thecleats 15 are perforated to receive the tie rods 17-l-18. Extending throughl the `outer cleats 13 and likewise through the contiguous portion lof 'the' side members 10-#115 are eye .b"olts`19,` eaohfbolt i `being providedvpwith an outerlclainp nut" .20 bearing againstthe outer face"foffthe'` member 10-1'1, and with `an inner 'init 21 bearing against the inner surface of Vthe fea cleats 13. By. this means the eye boltsfi'nay be`adjustedlongitudinally as will be obvious.

1 1 The rods 17,-1-18fare provided at their outer ends with hooks 22.-23`enga ging"in rear face oftheend gate 14 intermediate earsiwhereby the casingmay `be seouredby screws or other suitable devices to the end gate. The opening in the outer wall ofthe i casing being smaller than thecasing,l a stop flange 25 is produced, as shown. The casing 24 is hollow and adapted. tol receive-a disk `rnember`2'7 provided `with a projection 28 engaging through the opening'fand against p flange 25. The disk 27 is provided with transverse aperturesf2930 spaced at 1 equalk intervals fromy its xc'enter. The ,casing the stop 24 isprovided with, a recess in its inner face one side through which Vone yof the. i n rodsyfor instance the rod 18,`geXtends at itsy pass inner end and `is out`-turnedvl at `f32`to through the aperture 30,y while the other rod l17"is in-turneda't topass in through between the disk `27. and the end gate 14,

and likewise internally of the casing 211,.` .while ythe rod 17' operatesexternally of the the leye bolts'19asshown, iAttach'ed tothe` the ycleats 15 is a casing 24 havingfarela-lv tively large central opening and securingA f Extending Ifrom the lprojection 28 of the disk 27 is an operating arm 34,l preferably somewhatfresilient, `and adaptedto engage between projections 536-37 uponfthe lower V ear ofthe casing." The 'armt extends at right angles to the normal position of the rods lfflS and thus locks" the rods in position whengin this position, as shown in Figs. l and 2. e in lts downward vvposition and 1n engagement tion, and then when the Stis'released" anchturnedjinto horizontal p'os-ition'fgor- Lintofan' upward position7 the' rods; 17-18' the sides*lll-#1QA toward each other when the lever4 arm, 3,4:v t is" lmoved into` its llolred po'sl-y r4will bek fullyreleasedso thaty theend, gate together with the rods and the rod operating 'I mechanism maybe removed bodily andwith-v oiitxletachingany of tlieparts.y .li/When the improved device is 'to be appliedV the-lever arm Sflgisedisposed inlits .upward'vposition to releasefthe strainr upon the rods 17-18l and the end gate disposed between the;` guide i l cleat's'l, AThe terniinalsC22.-23` of the rods aregthen disposed inthe eyes of the bolts 19;, and the lever arm ftmovedinto its down-l ward position until it engages between'the proj ect-ions. 376-137- This movement, it'y will vbe obvious, applies 'a pulling strain upon the rods l7-,-1S and likewise draws the side members lO-ll` firmly 4toward each otherd- Y and ,loclsthem in position, and byadjusting thief nutsQO-Ql upon'the eye boltsthis ""straincan be. increased-hor decreased. asf'ref tion,` can be quired.v

"'{Theimproved device is simple in construeinexpensivelyl manufactured v.-andgapplied.. v t t." The', device .red-`uces materially the labor a'nd'time required to handle lthe endfgate,' as' the@movementsv by which lthe gate'ris, se-

curedl ory 'released are substantially linstan- .tan'feous-v ',.The improved device also enables the strains of the loadwithin. the body.

The arm 3st issoloc-ated that when I W A t in presence of two witnesses.U [the vsides `10-.11 tol, be drawn toward each other, vand,thusobviates any tendency of thezf sides to draw apart' or to .be'distende'd under` 1 ,Having thus deSCfibed the invention', what. is claimed as 'new is: 1 t

"1. A device of the class described compris- .ing a'casingadaptedvto be attached to'an end-gate'and havingan opening in its front face', surrounded bya stop flange, a member mounted for .rotation inf saidcasing land.'

against said stop .flange, an arm extending from saidrotative member and -thren'ghtheopening of-the oasi-ng, rods vconnected, to said v rotative memberat opposite sides thereofQy and adapted-to be detaehably coupledtofthe opposite' sides of al wagon body,y a 'h'old ing member engaging said arm. ql

gate operator comprising annular casing adapt-ed tobe attached to an "endl gate andfhaving, a marginaljrecessfin 1 one side and anfannular stop flallgda mem-` 4*beninountedfor.y rotation in said' casing and bearing againstsa'id Stop-ilange, an arm eX-,l tendingfrom#y said rotative member and eX- ternally offsaid casing, a 'rod connected. to .e

said rotative memberetternally thereof at one sidelof` its center; and adapted ytobe de- ,ta'cliablyy coupled tota wagon body at one side t'hel'feof,` anotherrod extending through r t vthe;recess oftheannular casinga'nd con-kv nectedtomthe rotative member internally thereof 'andat the opposite sidehof its center and adaptedv to Abe`,detachably ycoupled to'a wagon body at theuopp'osite siffle thereof.

` t KA device of. thejclassdescribed compris# ,f

'ing fa fjeasing adapted to; x 'attached to an lendA gate" and having an opening in its front fface surrounded lbya stop'oflange and with *L depending ystops spacedy apart,v a* member .fk 'mounted `forfrotationj in.k said .casing and*L against said stop iiangefanqarmextending r fromjsaid rotativey member `and vthrough the t `Orenlfle .in the Casi-neet@ edertedfwhenn one position to engage between said v spaced stops, and rods connected -to said rotative member at opposite sides thereof and adaliit-y ed to be detachably coupledto opposite sidesof a wagon body.

In testimony whereef ly'afliX-fm 'Y Josnrtr BRAsBY.l 

